“I mean there have always been “problem patience” but did workers do stuff like this?”
Because of social media people feel “performative.” To make what they think is an interesting and entertaining performance, which is not easy, they go for the crass. Since nobody was feeling “performative” fifteen years ago, I’d say the chance anything like this happened was zero. Who would they have “performed” for?
Does everyone live to post themselves on social media these days? Don’t they have a life?